brandishing the take care clause has become a favored talking point for opponents of an array of obama administration policies and actions. all of these efforts, or at least the ones with which i am familiar, are in reality -- all these efforts to import the constitution into what are in reality political and policy attacks, are really rhetorical. they mocked the text and original meaning of the take care clause. they flout supreme court precedent and they contradict the existing practice of all modern presidencies, republican and democrat to implement regulatory programs. these critics fault the obama administration for many things, but essentially, two kinds of things. one, making necessary adjustments in timing of implementation of laws, particularly the affordable care act. second, in matching immigration and enforcement priorities with available resources and practical humanitarian and other exigencies. exercising presidential judgment for such reasons is precisely what the constitution requires. is precisely what the framers expected when they established a separate executive bra